Seed Starting
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Subject: damp paper towel vs soaking
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Big Ange |
Honeoye Falls New York
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What is everybody view on whether to do the damp paper towel or to soak your seeds prior to planting. If you soak for how long?
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5/4/2010 11:32:45 AM
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christrules |
Midwest
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I file the edges and soak for 1hr. plain h2O then put the seeds into a baggie. I like this method.
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5/4/2010 1:26:26 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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10% peroxide/water soak 2-3 hours then into Ziplocs with a folded napkin barely moistened with the same soaking solution. Hold at 85-90F.
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5/4/2010 1:34:31 PM
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Big Ange |
Honeoye Falls New York
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when do you plant them in the pots?
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5/4/2010 2:04:38 PM
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Tremor |
Ctpumpkin@optonline.net
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I stick them in one gallon pots as soon as they pop.
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5/4/2010 4:43:31 PM
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Starrfarms |
Pleasant Hill, Or
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I file then soak in peroxide straight from the bottle for 2 hrs(it's only 3%). Then they are submerged in water for another 12-14 hrs. I started soaking longer a few years ago by accident. I forgot about some back-ups soaking until the next day. Thinking I drowned and ruined them I decided to try germination anyway. Using the Ziploc method the first started to germinate w/in 12 hrs and the longest took 24. This is the way I always do it now and have had 76/77 germinated w/in 24 hrs.
I think the harder seed coat benefits from the longer soak. It sure doesn't hurt as I have noticed germination times are reduced dramatically.
Thad
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5/4/2010 6:41:05 PM
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Big Ange |
Honeoye Falls New York
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if you dont have a heating mat whats a good place to put them where the temp is between 85 and 90? I dont have anything like that around here.
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5/4/2010 6:50:31 PM
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Snake Oil |
Pumpkintown, SC
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Big A, you can use the top of a "satellite tv receiver". The temp is about right, in a pinch. It would be better and more controllable however, to build some sort of chamber, possibly out of an old styrofoam ice-chest with a low watt light bulb. Good luck, BF
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5/5/2010 12:05:47 AM
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Big Ange |
Honeoye Falls New York
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Thanks bf
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5/5/2010 7:38:58 AM
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Silly Seeds |
Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
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I put the Ziploc baggies on the top of my CPU - it works great
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5/5/2010 12:28:46 PM
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Peace, Wayne |
Owensboro, Ky.
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Soil temp probes, are cheap...(they work inside a baggie on top of yer cpu also)..why guess what the temp is??? Peace, Wayne
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5/5/2010 10:03:39 PM
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